The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Acetyl-CoA Acyltransferase 2 across different species:

acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (ACAT2), adenosine deaminase (ADA), sterol O-acyltransferase 2 (SOAT2), acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (ACAA2), acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 2 (acat2), acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (Acat2), acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (Acaa2), sterol O-acyltransferase 2 (Soat2), acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (acat2), acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 2 (ACAT2), acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 2 (acaa2), acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (acetoacetyl Coenzyme A thiolase) (ACAT2), acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (mitochondrial 3-oxoacyl-Coenzyme A thiolase) (ACAA2), acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 2 (ACAA2), ACAT2 (ACETOACETYL-COA THIOLASE 2); acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase/ catalytic (ACAT2), acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (CNA05060), acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase 2, embryo defective 1276 (ACAT2), Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (LOC100152303), Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, cytosolic (thic), acetyl-coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (LOC100231849), acetyl-coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (LOC100232412), acetyl-coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (LOC100339733)

Other aliases include:

ACAT2, ARGP2, ACACT2, MGC116732, DSAEC, FLJ35992, FLJ95265, fb10a06, fb53f08, wu:fb10a06, wu:fb53f08, Tcp-1x, AW742799, Tcp1-rs1, MGC36039, D15Wsu97e, Acat-2, Ab2-076, MGC95138, acat2, MGC76038, fb59b11, zgc:56036, wu:fb59b11, MGC140551, ACAA2, MGC127380, MGC89951, ACETOACETYL-COA THIOLASE 2, EMB1276, EMBRYO DEFECTIVE 1276, MIF21.12, MIF21_12, DKFZp469F1024, DKFZp470L0527

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Acetyl-CoA Acyltransferase 2:

acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 – acetoacetyl Coenzyme A thiolase – cytosolic acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase – adenosine deaminase – adenosine aminohydrolase – acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 – acyl Co-A: cholesterol acyltransferase 2 – acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 – acetyl-coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 – beta ketothiolase – mitochondrial 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase – mitochondrial 3-oxoacyl-Coenzyme A thiolase – acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 2 – etID39354.20 – t-complex protein 1, related sequence 1 – acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 – acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 (mitochondrial 3-oxoacyl-Coenzyme A thiolase) – cholesterol acyltransferase 2 – acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase – 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, mitochondrial – acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (acetoacetyl Coenzyme A thiolase) – mitochondrial acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 2 – acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 2 – ACAT2 (ACETOACETYL-COA THIOLASE 2); acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase/ catalytic – acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase 2, embryo defective 1276 – Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 – Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, cytosolic

Acetyl-CoA Acyltransferase 2 fulfills a number of functions:

acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase activity – acyltransferase activity – protein binding – transferase activity – adenosine deaminase activity – hydrolase activity – zinc ion binding – acyl-CoA binding – cholesterol O-acyltransferase activity – cholesterol binding – ergosterol O-acyltransferase activity – lanosterol O-acyltransferase activity – acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase activity – catalytic activity – transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups – sterol O-acyltransferase activity – molecular_function

Acetyl-CoA Acyltransferase 2 is relevant to the following processes:

lipid metabolic process – metabolic process – Peyer's patch development – adenosine catabolic process – dATP catabolic process – deoxyadenosine catabolic process – embryonic gut development – germinal center B cell differentiation – hypoxanthine biosynthetic process – in utero embryonic development – inosine biosynthetic process – liver development – lung alveolus development – negative regulation of adenosine receptor signaling pathway – negative regulation of apoptosis – negative regulation of inflammatory response – negative regulation of leukocyte migration – negative regulation of mature B cell apoptosis – negative regulation of mucus secretion – negative regulation of penile erection – negative regulation of thymocyte apoptosis – nucleotide metabolic process – placenta development – positive regulation of B cell proliferation – positive regulation of T cell differentiation in the thymus – positive regulation of T cell receptor signaling pathway – positive regulation of alpha-beta T cell differentiation – positive regulation of calcium-mediated signaling – positive regulation of germinal center formation – positive regulation of heart rate – positive regulation of smooth muscle contraction – purine nucleotide salvage – purine ribonucleoside monophosphate biosynthetic process – regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin – response to hypoxia – trophectodermal cell differentiation – xanthine biosynthetic process – cholesterol efflux – cholesterol esterification – cholesterol homeostasis – cholesterol metabolic process – intestinal cholesterol absorption – macrophage derived foam cell differentiation – steroid metabolic process – very-low-density lipoprotein particle assembly – cholesterol biosynthetic process – fatty acid metabolic process – response to nutrient – biological_process – embryonic development ending in seed dormancy – ergosterol biosynthetic process

Locations for Acetyl-CoA Acyltransferase 2:

cytoplasm – cytosol – external side of plasma membrane – lysosome – membrane – brush border – endoplasmic reticulum – endoplasmic reticulum membrane – integral to membrane – microsome – mitochondrial inner membrane – mitochondrion – mitochondrial matrix – membrane fraction – cellular_component – peroxisome – plasma membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology